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Hundreds of calls, some of them threatening, have been received at a Catholic high school in Clintonville where a gay teacher was recently fired, according to a police report filed this week.

The report says the calls came from all over the country in the wake of media reports on a teacher’s firing from Bishop Watterson High School. The school has requested a police investigation.

“Some of these calls are threatening in nature, non specific yet can and are being taken in a threatening manner,” says the report, which was filed on Wednesday.

Colleen Mar, a school spokeswoman, said city police referred to the calls more as menacing than threatening and recommended a police officer be on the grounds as a precaution. The school also disabled its Facebook page and removed employee email addresses from the school’s website, she said.

Physical-education teacher Carla Hale, of Powell, was fired in March after an obituary for her mother listed the name of her female partner. Students started a change.org petition seeking her reinstatement on Monday, and it has since gained more than 19,000 signatures.

Hale’s attorney, Thomas Tootle, said she was devastated to hear about the threats.

“I condemn this action,” Hale said in a statement. “Let’s embrace tolerance and not violence.”

Hale, 57, has said she’s overwhelmed by the support from students, alumni and others. She has expressed support for Watterson and its staff, and said the school’s prinicipal has supported her as a teacher and a coach.

A spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese, which oversees the school, had no immediate comment. A police spokesman did not return phone messages seeking comment. Watterson has 990 students in grades nine through 12 and 91 staff members, according to a diocese website.